Liverpool eye three points against Crystal Palace away
Kick-off : 12:30 PM (Local)
Venue : Selhurst Park, London
Liverpool are currently third in the table after 31 games with 63 points. They know that the next seven games are going to be crucial to decide whether they finish in top four or not.
Liverpool are in fine form at the moment and also have their eyes set on the Champions League. They have a crucial two legged tie against Manchester City to come in coming days.
On the other hand, Crystal Palace are struggling in the league at the moment as they are lagging on 16th in the table after 31 games with 30 points. They know they need to keep having positive results to stay out of the relegation zone.
So far Liverpool and Crystal Palace have played each other 51 times. Out of that the Reds have won on 26 occasions while Palace have won 14 times, 11 other games have been a draw.
Team news and possible line-ups
Jordan Schlupp, Alexander Sorloth, Joel Ward, Wilfried Zaha and Connor Wickham are all doubtful for Crystal Palace for the Saturday game.
While Scott Dann, Jason Puncheon, Bakary Sako and Julian Speroni will not be available due to injury.
As for Liverpool, Joe Gomez will not be available as due to injury. Whereas Nathaniel Clyne, Emre Can and Dejan Lovren are all doubts.
Crystal Palace XI : Hennessey, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Townsend, McArthur, Loftus-Cheek, Milivojevic, Zaha, Benteke.
Liverpool XI : Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Can, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Prediction
Although Palace have the home advantage I expect the Reds to get the job done and earn three points on Saturday afternoon.
